How does one put a price on something?
Or perhaps a better question is who or what determines the value or
an item (car, painting, gem stone, etc)?
Perhaps my deeper question is what
gives someone the right to decide if something is valuable? I own
items which only hold value to me - family pictures, notes from my
kids, a special gift from someone. How can someone else make the
decision if that tea cup really is worth a certain dollar figure?
And what ever happened to the value of
human life? I've heard reports during the sinking of the Titanic that
women and children were instructed to get into the life boats ahead
of the men. As a woman I'm not complaining, but I just wonder... who
makes that decision? Were individuals sayings the lives of the women
and children are more valuable than the men? I hope not.
I know people have all kinds of reasons
for their opinions, and in this part of the world we have freedom of
thought and expression. However, I am baffled as to what happened to
cause us to go to the place that life is no longer valuable? Or
perhaps more accurately someone else decides what, or who, has value.
Now we could walk down the road of euthanasia, abortion and even
human trafficking, but my greater question lies in the place of why
does someone not see life as valuable? I don't see
someone's value because of what I get, but because they have life and
therefore they have
value.
We have travelled down a dangerous road
when we think we have the right to step into the role of God and make
a decision regarding someone else's value.
Hebrew 9:28 says, "So also
Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of
many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to
bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him."
You see Jesus took our place on the
cross, took our sins upon himself, became the sacrifice for us so we
could have access to our Holy God. Our lives are valuable not because
of what we do or don't do, but because God created us and THAT'S
where we need to find our value.
"You are precious and honoured
in my sight . . . I love you." Is 43:4
Jo-Ann
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